During childhood and adolescence, our brains are at their peak plasticity, allowing us to master significant skills like walking, talking, reading, writing, and counting. For this reason, developmental psychologists once believed that brain plasticity was limited to early life, and that as we age, our neural networks became fixed, reducing the brain’s capacity to adapt.

However, thanks to advancements in brain imaging technology, this theory has been debunked. Dozens of studies on the topic have reached the same conclusion: nothing is set in stone in our brains—they remain plastic, no matter our age!

In fact, some researchers argue that the slowing of certain processes associated with healthy ageing could be attributed to the sheer volume of knowledge accumulated over a lifetime (Ramskar et al., 2014).

Keywords: lifelong learning, learning at any age, pedagogical recommendations

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